Geosyntec will use the funding for the design, installation, measurement, and analysis of two projects incorporating actively controlled, distributed green infrastructure approaches for urban stormwater control under a New York City Department of Environmental Protection Green Infrastructure Grant program.
The green infrastructure demonstration projects leverages advanced technology in mitigating combined sewer overflows, a particularly expensive and environmentally challenging issue for many urban areas.
The first project will be implemented at a residential townhouse and a commercial building in Brooklyn and will demonstrate the effectiveness of real-time controls in managing small-scale stormwater detention systems to reduce peak flows to combined sewer systems.
The second project will be implemented at an eight-story housing complex in the Bronx.
It will demonstrate the effectiveness of incorporating predictive weather information and real-time controls in managing an integrated rainwater harvesting and stormwater control system designed for overall stormwater runoff/CSO reduction and water conservation.
Built on Geosyntec’s OptiRTC computing platform, the control systems represent the integration of currently available, flexible, and inexpensive hardware and software architectures that can enable sewer and stormwater utility operators to optimize investments in green infrastructure.
